Improved feed for iron-planers



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H. B. WEAVER.

Iron Planer.

No. 101,550. I Patented April 5, I870.

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Iron Planer.

Patented April 5, I870.

Ira @1137 zl iinedm Mam N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAP diced gtatra HORATIC B. WEAVER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE S. LINCOLN AND CHARLES 'L. LINCOLN, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 101,550, dated April 5, 1870.

IMPROVED FEED FOR IRON-PLANERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and-making part of thesame,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HORATIO B. WEAVER, of

' Hartford, in the county of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Feed- Motion for Iron-Planers, in connection with the beltshipping device; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description thereof, and sufficient to enable others skilled-in the art to whic my invention appertains to fully understand and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of such parts of an iron planer as are embraced in my invent-ion.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same parts asfig. 1.

Figures 3 and 4 are two views of the. stand 0, shown by dotted lines in both figs. l and 2.

Figures 5 and 6 are two views of the pinioneara, shown by dotted lines in both figs. 1 and 2.

Figures 7 and 8 are two views of the arm F.-

Figures 9 and 10 are two views of the peculiarsha-ped cam H.

Figure 11 is a view of gear Figure 12 is a sectional view of gear 7;, and also a section of dog-Wheel n attached.

Figure 13 is a view of the peculiar-shaped and recessed pieces h and h.

Figure 14 is a sectional view of the pieces hand h.

Figures 15 and 16 are two views of the dogs i and i.

Figure 17 is a view of shaft 1), pinion-gear a,'flanch d, and gear 0, in section.

The same letters and numerals designate the same parts in both views.

My invention relates to an improvement in the feeding-mechanism of iron-planeis, and is designed to more efiectually insure certaintyoi' operation and uniformity of feed in the cutting-tool.

A represents the bed or frame of an iron-plauer.

B represents the upright stand, or one of them, to

which the cross-head is attached, and by which the cross-head is supported.

0 represents the cross-head of an iron-planer.

D represents the table or platen of an iron-planer.

E is the sliding-piece that operates the feedingmechanism, through the medium of the arm F.

F is the arm that operates thecam H.

G is a stationary piece of a T-shape, and it is firmly attachedto the bed or frame. H is a peculiar-shaped cam, attached to the end of the rocker I.

J is a stud-bolt, and

K is a connection between rocker I through the medium of the stud p.

L is a rack, by means of which a reciprocating rotary motion is given to the-feeding-mechanism.

a is a pinion-gear, attached to the end of shaft 7), and is shown by dotted lines in bothfigures.

and rack L,

b. is a shaft fitted into the stand 0. '0 is a stand attached to the back of the cross-head C, and is shown by dotted lines in both figures.

(1- is a fiauch attached firmly to shaft 1).

e is a gear fitted loosely on shaft 1), and is recessed on one side sufiicient to receive and cover fianch (l.

Gear 0 is held in its place by the'screw-nut f.

g represents the feed-scrcwin the cross-head of an iron-planer.

h and h are two peculiar-shaped and recessed pieces, that carry the operating'feed-dogs land l, and are both of them firmly attached to the pinion j.

k and l are spur-gears. k is fitted loosely on screw g, and l is firmly attached to one end of rod m.

m represents the feed-rod for operating the vertical feed of an iron'planer.

n and 0 are toothed dog-wheels, for the dogs i and l to act upon.

dog-wheel a is attached to the geark, and serves the purpose of operating the vertical feed of a planer, by means of the gears It and l and the rod m.

dog-wheel o is securely attached to the screw 9, and serves the purpose of operating the cross or horizontal feed of an iron-planer, by means of the dog It will be seen by referring to the drawing that the parts It and h are each of them deeply recessed upon one side, and inclose in the recesses above referred to, the dog-wheels n and 0.

By further observing the drawing, it will be seen that there is a pin in the stem of the dogs l and i, resting in a receptacle provided in one end of each of the pieces h and 71-.

The object and purpose of this pin is to hold the dogs 1 and t in any desired position, whether that position be in contact with either dog-wheel or disengaged from either.

The numerals 1, 2, and 3, not before referred to, represent certain parts, as follows:

1 and 2 are movable stops, attached to the edge of a table or platen of an iron-planer.

3 is a stationary stop, attached to the sliding piece E, and serves to operate the whole of the above combination, when acted upon by the/movable stops 1 and 2.

Having referred to all of the essential invention, 1 will describe its operation.

The table or platen being operated in any manner, causes the movable stop 1 to engage the fixed stop 3, carrying the sliding piece E with it sufiiciently far to operate the beltshipping device,- (not shown,) thus causing the table or platen to move in the opposite direction, (by suitable gearing,) and as a consequence, carrying the sliding piece E with it, by means of the movable stop 2 engaging fixed stop 3.

This alternate reciprocating motion of the sliding piece E causes the arm F to engage one of the points parts of my of the cam H, marked in the drawings 4 and 5 on the arm, and 6 and 7 on the cam H.

To be more definite, the first-described movement of the table causes the point 5 on the arm F to engage with the point 6 on the cam H, rotating it in the same direction that the arm F is moving, and as a consequence of this the rocker I is depressed at one end of its arm, carrying the connection K down, and with it the rack L, by means of the stud 12, thus causing the pinion-gear a to revolve partially, carrying gear 0, with the pinion j, with it.

Now, as both the'pieces h and h are firmly attached to pinion j, any movement of j carries h and h with it; consequently, if either of the dogs i or t" are in contact with its appropriate dog-wheel, that feed, be it either vertical or horizontal, is operated bythe medium of the screw 9 and dog-wheel o, in the case ,of the horizontal feed at g is attached to the tool-holder of a planer in the usual manner, or through the medium of the gears k and l and the rod on, in the case of the vertical feed insuring a certain and uniform action of the cutting-tool. a What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the peculiar-shaped and recessed pieces or dog-holders h and h, dogs i and i, and dog-wheels n and o, with the pinions j, k, and l, and the shafts 1n and g, as and for the purpose set ort-h.

2. The combination of the arm F, cam H, rocker I, connection K, rack L, pinion-gear a, shaft 11, stand 0, flaneh (1, gear e, pinion j, together with the peculiarshaped pieces h and h, the dogs and i, and dogwheels n and 0, the whole operating together, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

- HORATIO B; WEAVER.

Witnesses Enos H. LANE, ALEX. ALLEN. 

